Historical Events In February - 19

0003  Sadiq Hidajat, Persian writer (Blind Person Owl) on this day in history.   

0197  D Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle on this day in history.   

0197  Lucius Septimius Severus' army beats Clodius Albinus at Lyon on this day in history.   

0356  Emperor Constantius II shuts all heathen temples on this day in history.   

0607  On February - 19 boniface III begins his reign as Catholic Pope   

0842  Medieval Iconoclastic Controversy ends as a council in Constantinople formally reinstated the veneration of icons in the churches on this day in history.   

1260  Boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies on this day in history.   

1401  On February - 19 william Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London   

1414  Thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies on this day in history.   

1473  The birth of Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer on this day in history.   

1512  French troops under Gaston de Foix occupy Brescia on February - 19.   

1537  Weavers of Leiden Netherlands strike on this day in history.   

1537  Weavers of Leiden Neth strike on February - 19.   

1539  Jews of Tyrnau Hungary (then Trnava Czech), expelled on February - 19.   

1545  Pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death on this day in history.   

1553  Erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1561  Mary Proclaimed Queen of Scots on February - 19.   

1568  Miles Coverdale, translator (1st complete English Bible), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1574  Spanish troops plunder Krommenie, Wormerveer &Jisp Netherlands on February - 19.   

1574  On this day in history spanish troops plunder Krommenie, Wormerveer & Jisp Neth   

1582  On February - 19 francis of Valois becomes duke of Brabant   

1588  Pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies on this day in history.   

1594  On February - 19 having already inherited the throne of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth through his mother Catherine Jagellonica of Poland, Sigismund III of the House of Vasa is crowned King of Sweden, succeeding his father John III of Sweden.   

1600  The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America on February - 19.   

1605  On February - 19 orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer, dies at 54   

1611  Andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71) on this day in history.   

1616  Jacques de Saint-Luc, composer on this day in history.   

1619  On February - 19 trial against Johan van Oldenbarnevelt begins in The Hague   

1620  Roemer P Visscher, poet, buried in Amsterdam on February - 19.   

1634  Battle at Smolensk Polish king Wladyslaw IV beats Russians on this day in history.   

1634  On this day in history battle at Smolensk: Polish king Wladyslaw IV beats Russians [NS=Mar 1]   

1653  Luigi Rossi, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1671  Charles-Hubert Gervais, composer on this day in history.   

1674  Netherlands &England sign Peace of Westminster (NYC becomes English) on February - 19.   

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1473  Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543) was born on this day in history.   

1526  Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609) was born on this day in history.   

1552  Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630) was born on February - 19.   

1588  On February - 19 birth of pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies   

1611  Andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71) was born on February - 19.   

1616  Jacques de Saint-Luc, composer was born on February - 19.   

1630  On this day in history birth of shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680)   

1660  On February - 19 birth of friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742)   

0197  On February - 19 d Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle   

0440  Death of Mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist (b. 361/362) on February - 19.   

1133  On February - 19 death of irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066)   

1260  Boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies on February - 19.   

1401  Death of William Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London on this day in history.   

1414  On February - 19 thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies   

1545  Death of Pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death on this day in history.   

1553  On February - 19 erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41